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Anis Shivani and Eric Miles Williamson Stir Some Shit
Boy howdy, would I like to read more of this kind of interview. Anis Shivani rakes some good muck at Huffington Post. Eric Miles Williamson is the author of five critically acclaimed books: East Bay Grease (Picador, 1999),Two-Up (Texas Review Press, … Continue reading
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Tobacco Spitting and Tomahawk Throwing
Go to the Summer Redneck Games, if that's your thing. I'd like to point out that a true Redneck Games would have tobacco spitting contests instead of watermelon seeds. I feel like rambling and riffing, as sometimes happens when I'm not writing … Continue reading
The Mountain Whose Shadow We Lived In, fiction by Jack Boettcher
My kid transferred through every school on our side of the mountain. Only six, but a fighter. I didn’t teach him that. The principals ask, – “well, Mr. Doppler, where might Fred have learned to lash out?” Nature, I say. … Continue reading
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Gasland
Those of you with HBO–look for it. Trailer New content coming soon, so hang tight.
Mindy Beth Miller via Bent Country's Sheldon Compton
More young Appalachian writers to watch out for: Mindy Beth Miller and Sheldon Compton. Before anything else, have a look at Mindy Beth Miller's writing chops. Here's a couple paragraphs to give you a taste: "Back on Low Gap, the sun … Continue reading
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Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone, the film
These notes may be late to the party, but I just got this first review in my email via Google Alert. It's difficult to believe this description of the movie Winter's Bone, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, has … Continue reading
Bradford County PA, You Are Being Misled
And here's why. This is from the Keystone Edge site, a seemingly reputable outfit covering economic change and other programs in certain area of MI and PA. Some drillers, including Range Resources and Chesapeake Energy, are simply reusing their water. By … Continue reading
Whatever You Do To The Least Ghazal, by Dennis Mahagin
"When I coughed I saw fireflies…" –Denis Johnson Hindsight is 20. With twenty twenties, at Happy Hour, burning pin holes in the eyeball of a dollar bill > pyramid. In God, whatever. Luckily, pimps, repo men and beat cops are … Continue reading
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In Case You Thought Things Had Changed Lately
(from citizensvoice.com) BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF) Published: May 26, 2010 HARRISBURG — Increased crime and damaged roads are two negative impacts of the Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling boom, Rendell administration officials said as the push for a state … Continue reading
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Charles Dodd White Interviewed
Here's a guy you ought to know more about, and not just because I say so. Here's what his site says. Charles Dodd White was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1976. He currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina where he … Continue reading